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Sampaga vs. People [DECISION]

ANGEL SAMPAGA Y DELOS REYES, petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and THE COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. 62305 | 1992-11-23

D E C I S I O N
 
NOCON, J.:
 
Angel Sampaga y de los Reyes was charged before the Court of First Instance of Rizal with the crime of Homicide, under an information which reads:
 
“That on or about the 7th day of April, 1976 in Quezon City, Philippines, the above-named accused, without any justifiable motive, did, then and there wilfully, [sic] unlawfully and feloniously, with intent to kill, attack, assault and employ personal violence upon the person of one MARCIANO SORIA y POSEDIA, by then and there, stabbing him on his chest, thereby inflicting upon his person serious and mortal wounds which were the direct and immediate...